The MTA and NYPD will be fast-tracking new security measures on the city’s bridges, CBS reported Thursday, thanks to ANIMAL’s photos of the Triborough Bridge. Authorities have been on alert over illicit bridge-climbing since last summer, when some artists climbed the Brooklyn Bridge and swapped the American flag at the top for a white one, […]
Over 250 firefighters and 130 police officers swarmed 2nd Avenue and 7th street on Thursday afternoon after an explosion collapsed two buildings and ignited a seven-alarm fire in the East Village. At least a dozen people were injured. According to the FDNY, the explosion leveled 123 Second Avenue and partially collapsed 121 Second Avenue; a […]
A young man punched an old man in the face for having a “pussy dog,” not pit bulls like his, according to DNAinfo. On March 17, a 65-year-old man was walking his dog on Grand Street near Graham Avenue when a 20-year-old man approached him wanting to pet his dog. At some point, the younger […]
A Gowanus woman facing charges for animal cruelty is suing authorities to get back her 237 bunnies, DNAinfo reports. Authorities confiscated dozens of rabbits from Dorota Trec’s property in January and, upon finding that many of the animals were sick, returned for the rest days later. Trec was arrested on March 4 on charges of […]
A gray and white cat turned himself in on his own recognizance to the 34th Precinct in Washington Heights yesterday, DNAinfo reports. Officers took to Twitter to try to find his owner after the cat waltzed into the building like he owns the place. “This cat walked into the 34 Pct today. Officer Andrea DiNella […]
Last month, Police Commissioner William Bratton recommended increasing the penalty for resisting arrest from a misdemeanor to a felony. This was a bad idea then, and now the bad idea is spreading to the State Senate. Democrat Tony Avella of Queens has proposed a bill that would create a felony “aggravated resisting arrest” charge for […]
A screwdriver-wielding would-be thief struck out when a Dunkin’ Donuts cashier chased him out of the store with a baseball bat. The incident happened at an East Harlem Dunkin’ Donuts at 1:30 AM on March 11, and proved that Imtiaj Ahmed Belal is not someone to fuck with. DNAInfo has video from the store’s security […]
Tyeesha Mobley, a mother of two who lives in the Morrisiana neighborhood of the Bronx, has filed a lawsuit against the city, the NYPD and the Administration for Children’s Services, DNAinfo reports. The suit claims that she was wrongfully arrested by a racist officer and had her children taken away after she called the police […]
When it was discovered that several members of the NYPD were editing entries around police brutality, including one about the death of Eric Garner, we assumed it would raise some alarms not just among the public, but within the NYPD as well. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however. According to DNAinfo, two cops […]
Cursive is an indie rock band from Omaha. They are sometimes categorized as “emo,” a genre associated with scrawny men singing about feelings, not violence. But last night after their show at the Bowery Ballroom, a man was stabbed in the leg. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed to ANIMAL that a 23-year-old man was taken into […]
